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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Accommodation (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and apologise on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, who is unable to attend the House. From my knowledge of Ennistymon, Scoil Mhainchin is an important school and was established as a result of an amalgamation in September 2007 on the existing convent site. The Senator may also be aware of the three...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Accommodation (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I will ask the Minister for Education and Skills to relay the information to the Senator on both fronts. From the perspective of the school and the Senator, it is important to have clarity on the issue as soon as possible.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Marine Resources (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. This is essentially a fish health issue and I understand the competent authority for dealing with it is the Marine Institute. Of key note in this case is that in respect of areas deemed to be free of the disease, there should be no importation of stock from infected areas. These areas were known as surveillance areas and included Ballinakill....

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: No.

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: No.

Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) (No. 3) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: No.

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: First Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: No.

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Deputy, and it is still there. That is the important point.

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I very much agree with my colleague's last point. Business organisation is not just important in school, but is also important in the Dáil to ensure we are all knowledgeable on these matters. I thank the Deputies on all sides who contributed to this Second Stage debate. As was said at the start of the debate, the Bill is very focused and aims to deal with a limited number of discrete...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 126(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (28 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: Under the South West Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Study currently being undertaken by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in partnership with Cork County Council, Clonakilty was identified as a significant flood risk area for further assessment. Following severe flooding in Clonakilty in June 2012, the CFRAM work for the town was accelerated to assess the risk and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 116: In page 92, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“Capital Services Redemption Account 80. (1) In this section— “capital services” has the same meaning as it has in the principal section; “Capital Services Redemption Account” has the same meaning as it has in the principal section; “sixty-first additional...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: Can we leave it at the stump?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I do not want any sympathy. I just want facts.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I agree on that.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: ----- of €100,000. That is a gross amount.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I am more than happy to respond on this because the Deputy's comments need a response. One of the worst decisions taken in our country over the past 50 years was the decision taken in the 1970s to buy an election by abolishing domestic rates. We need to have a broadly based taxation system and to move away from a reliance on a narrow focus on taxes as a means of collecting taxes. I...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: It will be this way in the history book. Historians will adduce this in a few years time.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: It does not apply in my case.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: Dublin Ministers of State lose the Dublin allowance.